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Gas Pressure Welding Method of Rails by Mixed Gas of Hydrogen and Ethylene Gas

Last updated on 14 March 2014 4:52

Gas pressure welding (GPW) is a solid phase welding method. This method is commonly used for rail welding in Japan. However, there is concern that the supply of acetylene gas, which is used as the fuel gas in the conventional GPW system, will cease due to the recent tendency of...

Author(s): Ryu-ichi Yamamoto;Mitsumasa Tatsumi;Hajime ITOH;Yoshihiro TERASHITA;Yoshifumi YOSHIDA

Organisation(s): Railway Technical Research Institute ;

2014

Japan

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